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r the main drains, and which, with the 25- of al, may be rendered etTeEtual for that f. i the internal struEture of the bogs in this dist r4-'s Viewing them externally, they present surfaces by no mans level, but with planes of inclination amply . : , :efficietit for theirdrainage.l,the Jti'g,hest.sununit..of. n~ Tart Of . the . hogs in this distrid, 298 feet above tH.e lee of the sea, taken at an ordinary spring-tide in the Bay of Duhlin ; while the lowest pointany . where on then surface,_ is *34 feet lower than the ii - o.est„. and therefdre 214 feet above the level of Ilk Oa: • "It requires a mere inspection of the map and seeaions, to be convinced that there is no part of these hogs from which the water may not be dis eliatged into rivers in their immediate vicinity, and ..-with'falls- adequate to their dtairage ; and we ob serve that in the instaoce.of - the Bog of Timahoe, a pArt art its water is dis - charged..in the sea at Drog heda,- and another part below Waterford. - It is now our duty to report on the probable ex pence-of the proposed operations ; and if we are cdnscious ofihe general fallacy of estimates, we must be so peculiarly in the case of works such as those t.vhich form the subje& of our Report. • We have therefore required the estimates to be giVen in to us, in their most minute details, and we have the satisliCtion to observe, that the data on which Mt - . Griffith's estimate is formed, are taken trona the -xpence of vvo,tis executed by the Grand Qanal.Company in these very bogs. This - Company has had abundant experience of the extent of the expeoce of every variety of drains, excavations, and embankments necessary for drain ing the bog preparatory to the carrying their Canal through it ; and We know Mr. Griffith to have had access to their accounts, and that it is with the full knowledge of thiem, as well as of other sources of information, that he has made his cal cul It is Mr. Griffith's opioion, that by the main drains laid (kiwi; in the situations referred to in the map, and with a system of Minor drains discharg ing their waters - into the main drains, and at a ge neral distance of a quarter of an Trish mile from each other ; and further with a system of cross drains discharging themselves into the minor drains, and at 'a distance . ot two hundred and eighty yards apart, the entire hog may be rendered sufficiently corn- . pa& for the commencement of agricultural opera- Loris. [To be continued.] DIE-2 Lisboa, •2 Dublin, 3 Waterford. PRICE OF s - r()cKs THIS DAY AT TWALVD O'CLOCK. Consols -674 i itcd. Ann. • - . 66 T L S U N. SOLEM LUIS DICaIEE FALSUM AU )EAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1810. " Windsor Castle, Nov 7.2, 1810, Eight P. M. " No change has been observed in His MAJESTY'S complaints since the morning. • " H. R. REYNOLD 3. " H. ITALFORD. " \V. HEBERDEN. " M. BAILLIE. " h. WILLIS." 4 6 Windsor Castle, Nov. 23, zSzo. ‘ e HIS MAJESTY has a little increase .1 fever this morning, after a bad night." Signed as above. After an interval of a week, the Mornin b m Chro nicle has thought proper to advert to some obser vations which we made upon a paragraph in that Paper of Friday lam, re;peaing the course which ought to be pursued in the event of a temporary incapacity of the Sovereign. The writer of the ar ticle, in the Chronicle of this day, begins by stating, that he does not know whether the opinion we have advanced belongs oily to the Editors, or whether the Paper is made the organ of the sentiments of Ministers upon that important question. We feel no hesitation in assuring our opponent, that the opinion we advanced was our own, and that we do not pretend to know what-are the opinions or the intentions of Ministers upon the subjea. The pro position in the Morning chronicle, of Friday last, against which we thought it our duty to enter our .protest, was (after stating that are kingly power never ceases, and that upon a King's death his Eleir Apparent is,forthwith proclaimed), " that in .the event of the King's incapacity it ought to be the same; and the two Houses of Parliament have only to find the fact. If it be declared' to them, that the King cannot give his royal assent to a doonuieot which is essential to the order of priblic business, on that moment the deficiency should be supplied, and the Regent should be the 'precise Representa tive of the Ring." A doctrine more repugnant to " the principles of the Constitution, and to the prose . tice of it, as far as there has been any precedent upon the subject, it is difficult to conceive, because it tends at once to deprive both Houses of Parliament of all the important functions with which they are . vested, and to reduce them merely to the situation of "an Inquest; appointed to ascertain a fact, without power to give an opinion upon it. Even Mr. Fox ')t, in 1 7 68,ventare to advance, or At least to act -SP, upon so extravagant a aoctrine. When the Hip'. clans who attendqd his Majesty were examined be fore the Privy. Council; previous to the mceting of Parliament on the 4th December, 1783, the follow ing question was put to 'hem— " Whether his Majesty's indisposition rendered him Inca' 'Ol5l - & - Of meeting his Parliament, and of attending to any sort of public business ?" In. answer to this questi•)n the Physicians all re plied, that His MAJESTY was inctpable ; and when .they were afterwards examined before 'Parliament, they gave the same answer. Here the faa was esta blished; and according to the do trine of the Morn ing Chronicle, the two Houses of Parliament had only to'go through the form of finding the fact, upon the eviden Zeof the Physicians,wit II out giving anyopinion ; and that then the Veir Apparent roust bec,nne at right the precise,Representative of the KING, with, of course, all his powers" and prerogatives. Did Mr. Fox think so 1788 certainly not ;he even comp)ij.ned, in the House, of misrepresentation, be cause he• had been reported to have said, that. the Heir Apparent had a right to ass 7171 le the Royal Authority, upon the interruption of its ex ercise, in consequence of the ' RING's illness or incapacity. He believed, he said, that he had .Meter used 'the word assumed ; whaF he undoubtedly meant, and what he was still ready to maintain ,was, that the claim, as of right, was in the Prince, but that the adjudication of the possession was in the two Houses of Parliament. We shall not now stop to discuss Mr. Fox's doctrine; it is sufficient for us that — it oloei not go the length of the proposition of the Morn ing Chronicle, against which we entered our pro test. We beg leave, here in order to guard ourselves against misrepresentation, to state,.that we are not giving any opinion upon what course ought to be pursued 'in case of the unfortunate continuance of his Majesty's indisposition —we are merely discussing the abstract question of right, as laid down in the paper to which we have alluded. In considering that question, it is important to look eir the iolemn opinion expressed by Parliament in December 1788, after a very ample discussiote uptie this point.— Three Resolutions were then agreed to : the first stated His MAJESTY'S inability from indispoisition to exercise the P.eyal Authority ; the second eleclared that it was. " the right and .duty of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, now assembled, and lawfully, fully, and freely representing all the estates of the people of this'realm, to provide the means of supplying the defect of 'the personal exercise of the Royal Aritho rity, arising from His MAJE 'S said indisposition, in such? Manner as the exigency of the case may ap pear to require." The third resolution stated, that it was necessary that the Lords and Commona should determine on the means- whereby the Royal Assent might be given in Parliament to such Bill as might be passed by the two Houses of Parliament, respecting the exercise of the Powers and Authori ties of the Crown, on the behalf of the KING, during the continuance of his Miseere's indisposi tion. Such was the opinion at that time expressed, and by some of the most able Lawyers this country has produced ; by Lord CAMDEN, by Lord THUR LOW, by Lord KENYON, &c. The Morning Chro nicle must admit, that there is not a single prece dent to be found in the English history to jus tify the proposition it has advanced, and. that the only precedent which is exactly in point upon this question is elireCtly in opposition to it. Upon what principle, then is it founded ? The office of Regent is certainly known to the Constitution of this Country, but it is known as an office of crea tion, not of succession. .11,it were an office of abso lute hereditary succession, its powers must always be the same; they could not be altered according to the circumstances and exigency of the case. Par liament would have no more right talimit the funce tions and powers of a Regefit, than it has those - of a King, because the funalions and pOwers of the 'one would have been as clearly defined by the Consti tution as those of the other. But we know, that whenever the office of Regent, has existed in' this Country, it has existed by appointment, and not by succession; and we know also,. that the powers vested in the Regents have been different at diffe rent times. We have not room to pursue this subject any far ther at present, but we shall make some ob,ttrva tions to-morrow upon the authorities .which the Morning :Chronicle has quoted in support of the pro position which it has advanced. Although his MAJESTY has been indisposed so long, his appetite does not fail him, and, he is not thinner than he was previous to his indisposition. A most extraordinary instance of the clemency of the late season appears in the following, which may be relied on as a positive faa :—There was, on Wednesday last, at a place called the Great How, in Legburthwaite, near Keswick, h .green linnet's nest, with lour young ones, fully fledged, and ap parently in a state of maturity for flying. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Arrived his Majesty's ship , Orestes, of 16 guns, Captain LAP,EriOTIERE, from a ctuize. Last night, about 12 o'clock, dur ing a heavy gale of wind from the South East, a large brig was discovered approaching the Orestes, supposed to have been . a merchantman, 'and in con sequence she was hailed; and no answer being re turned, three muskets were tired at her ; both ships being then very near each other, it was deemed ,ex pedient to throw, the sails of the Orestes a-back, which was accordingly done, when she drifted a-stern, the brig still continuing her course, .and in consequence almost immediately after, she ran foul of the Orestes, and fortunately cleared her im mediately, otherwise both ships must have foun dered, as a.vefy heavy. sea was running; the latter has received considerable damage, and has lost her bowsprit, fore-top-mast,.main-top-gallant-mast, and cutwater, and was obliged to bear up for the first port she could make, and is gone up the bar , boor; the merchant brig proceeded down Channel, apparently with-out having received any damage ;it is supposed that the crew of the latter ►oust have been asleep at the time the accident happened ; the . night was very dark, and no •one was seen on the deck. • Put back by contrary winds this morning his Majesty's ships L'Aigle and Harp, with the whole of the transports and merchantnwn that, sailed from hence yesterday ; also put back his Majesty's ships Cureicoa and Cadmus, the former bound on a cruise off Brest, and the latter to the Westward. Arrived his . Majesty's ships Gibraltar, from Basque Roads, and Thresher, from the Eastward; the /nd,ustry, HOLLAND, horn Chichester ; the Ann, a new packet, BRETTON, from Falmouth ; 'the brig Diamond, MOOR, from Faro, with a cargo of salt, bound to London, put in here by contrary winds; and the Cheerl!, gun-brig, from the West ward. Sailed his Majesty's ship Rover on a cruize. • Arrived the hin4! Revenue cutter, from a cruze ; the Intelligent gun-brig, from the Westward ; and two merchant brigs from Ne•Aoendlaud, one of which is supposed to be the Duke of :drgyle, be longing to this port ; it is reported that a convoy from NewfoundlAtid is now in the Channel. Sailed his Majesty's ship Misting, of 18 &Ins, Captain FABIAN, for the Brazils; with the brig Whim, WILSON, under convoy for Rio de .Lidcit.). PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Came in tins day his Majesty's ships Goshawk and Rattler, the former from Portugal, and the latter from a cruize ; his Ma jesty's ship Rover from Plymouth. Came into harbour the br ig Hannah, Dos SANTOS, master, from London for Lisbon, laden with wheat, having shifted her cargo. Sailed his Majesty's ship ilimable for Leith. Arrived the ilo from Gottenburgh ; John, SCOTT, from London ; and 'the Maria, ROEDER, from St. Petersburgh. DEAL, Nov. 22.—His Majesty's ships Beagle, Cordelia, and ,Skylark; were blown Of front their stations on the French coast, and are arrived in the Downs. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2O.—Sailed the, Elrpress pac ket for Jamaica. . . TORBAY, Nov. 19.--:Sailed his Majesty's ship Albicore on a cruize ; and the Princess Elizabeth (2) for Falmouth. Arrived a tloop of war, name unknown. SHEERNESS, Nov. 22.—Sailed his Malady's ships Gluckstadt and Bold, with the convoy for Gotten burgh. , The James, I\PLEA, from Limerick to Liverpool is lost-rrear Waterford. The Princess Royal, RICHARDS, is on shore near Hanmaze._ POETRY. THE,POETICAL TALLOW CHANDLER. " lust like the candles on his shelves, His two dull lines the chandler mixes; The first exceeds his longest twelves, . The iatter scarce exceeds his sixes." Yesterday the LORD NlA.ron signifiei his deter mination to fine every baker in the full pendlty,who shall be proved, before him, to make a false weekly return, or omit, a true one, of the quantity and price of any corn or flour purchased by fiirn on the pre ceding market-day. A determination highly com mendable op the part of his Lordship, and which, we trust, will contribute most effectually to prevent those. fraudulent collusions by which the price of bread is artificially kept up to the public, notwith standing the fall of bread-corn, and flour, in the markets. The Gentleman who lately made so unhappy a visit at the house. of the Duke of Cambridge, at Windsor, as stated in this Paper of Wednesday the 7111 instant, is said to be of the name, and also of the noble family of Aboyne. PPESENT ST/ITE OF HAYTI, A Gentleman who left Port-an-Prince 7n Ser t q lll l ; ber, furnishes the following particulars relative it t existing state of affairs in that country at the " of his departure : o f " The Mole was still in Petion, under the command of General D'Arce , " v i be succeeded La Marre, but closely besieged hY • f t army, and blockaded by the fleet of Christophe•f or po;session of the trooP'i x , was supposed to contain prey isiOns for three or 'fit! months, but-the opinion .was it could not l i e out longer than- that time. This po6iti'orr wa s t only one now occupied by Petion in :Le no l-the be department of th e bl an d, an d s h oo k! it 611 ' t b t whole military force of Christophe tviill 0 ° be turned against the South. " The advanced po s ts o f Ch r i stop he extend 01- a ; L'Archave, which is only a b ou t 15 mi tes from °, i 9 au-Prince, the capi t al o f P et i ou ' s d om i n ions., ' pst city will ofr o td a p ow e r f u l o b stac l e to t he con ( l o ' 4 of Christophe, as it is nearly surrounded by a s tr°l o , wall. Unanimity appears to be wanting P e g ple are mostly di v id e d i nto faati ons: on e- Patty of attached to the Pr es id en t, anot h er i s desirotr i placing Rigaud at th e h ea d o f t h e Government,* 3n ct a third is suspeeled:of being in favour of Chrisiol”).,, • A' If these contliaing sent i ments cont i nue , port Prince must " General Rigaud, from whose talents, erTfi l and popularity, so much seas expected, W"s sick at Jeretnie. General Gomey had not Eu r ': 1; 11 .dcred with his army, as was reporte d , b u y W' s a t in ,a state of open hostility , against the mn 101t), ,-0 Petion, with a force of a b out five or s;x men. A negotiation bad been opened, and a 1 :, 0 sooal interview had t a k en p l ace b etwee n the Chiefs, but without pr4ducing any arrangeaw rit. Gomey is a Negro, and ha s de c l are d hi m self 11 t h e . interest of Christophe. Should this statcoacol entirely correet, after the reduaion of the , M(1 .,1- thq conquest of th e S out h w ill most probably 4. low; je for as the war has assumed very ,much ,ge character of a war of colour, and as. the Black' c, much more numerous than the Mulattoes, tion will more generally preva il among the shout`' of of the South, wh o are p r i nc i pa ll y black. We sa- :- not be surprised to s e e i n a s h ort t i me t h e sa'l3e7i:t tern of extermination praEtised by theN,!groes a, ptl the people of Colour, which wa s put imo by them conjointly against th e unfortunate' W' ll. It has already been Commenced by Christophe' he Yesterday morning, at' h a lf. past ten o ' c lock!, t t j t e Marquis WELI:E SLE? • wo i te d upon hi s Maj?.srY - j, King of SwEozsr, at the Clarendon Hole! street. After a long intervie w , th e N o ble 1 0 6 cooduEted his Majesty to his carriage, and et ize with him to the F ore i gn Offi ce, whence theY„'ls ceeded to the 'Admir a lty e afte , • which they 0 " - e ei number of Governm en t . Offices. In the. even , . e. his Majesty dined with th e M arqu i s , w ho ree' l lor him at the front door, and conduCted birp c° 4 Q a drawing-roorn. A mong t h e company insi.itee-el'or the occasion were, the earl of HA/0101.1/DV ARMSTRONG. Mr. Cut.r.lNG, C. Smerrt, IC /11% MILTON, captain MAINWARING, &c. &C. CO The happy occasion o f hi s M a j est y's cornth e ebo s of the .50111 year of his reign, was observed in with every demonstration of joyy. The English merchants resident in Li Lisbon their houses in honour of the event, and g c : lt 'sof dinners were given by th e m, at w hi c h t he heal' fi our beloved Sovereign wa s d ran k w i t h e ntbal' , applause by all the company, standing. „ IS The popular Romance of Bl ue B ear d, it seemi r y to be brought forward at Cov ent -G ar d en Menhir:Alt a style of great magnifice nce an d pieuresque ty. Perhaps for the sake of novelty, a few touches from the humorous pen of Mr. C Ol - 1 7, e a the author of the pi e c e , wou ld cons id era bly L'ej6 .l its general effea. I ° s A new dramatic pie c e o f th e hi stor i ca l I• l ii n d is been accepted at C oven t-G ar d en Th eatr e, °' l expeded to be brought forward soon after Ci.' i r es -.; was. It is the produdion of P.lr. otary of Wealth is entitled to a high ranli.• tU among mi•dern Comedies. , . of On Friday last th e Officers of the Gnrli' °- , e ett Canterbury opened the Private Theatre (and at p! elegant and cornmodions Theatre it is), for t ll ' p 0 11 5 e time, with an appropriate Address, well writf erl e ol spoken by Capt. DANCE, of the 23d B.egini ell The Dragoons. The play was Ways and Means. we ll . parts were well cast—they were iticonceivah l Y 0 ,4 supported. Capt. DANCE'S Sir David Dundcr' Ne il Capt. JAMES'S Paul Peery, were excelleo(lY ifi enacted. The female charaelers were pers ell by a seleCtion from the Ladies of the Marg 3te d ich Dover companies. The after-piece, The APPf L e „ 3 0' gave great satisfaCtion to a n hi g hly respett"' - i e t, 4 dience. Capt. c UTLIFTE ' S Di c k was a fin e r oioa of comic aeting. The Spouting Club scene )t he well kept up by a num b er of O f fi ce rs. or , orchestra we had a ca pi ta l band, a bly led by „et ToNIK-INS. In short, the even i i i g ' s entertai r. ll o was calculated to give every eneouragetner" amateur promoters of these rational recreatioas,' v, We are sorry to l earn t h at t h ere i s a disnu l : ef s tween the Duchess, of DORSET and Sir , W r4 f r oa i STIRLING, respetting manorial rights, arii e r 'S i the recent purchase by the latter of some lan ste perty contiguous to that of her Grace. Ftom, ° be have heart of Sir WALTER, he is little likel t instigated by a litigious spirit, and much tat i : e o posed to conced e , th an to contest w i t h a La''' . 1.• etv A Professor has lately -come forward for IL. e va xe cation of the Canine Race, who promises t e c t,llo 3 hi; fintriooted pupils v e ry agrcea ll e —a P° 1 1: 1 ,111 - a: he would p e rh a ps h ar dly b e a bl e to e ff e ct w 7 ' er tiff legoed Puppi es . W e h ave not h ear d wbetl;l,- Professor is descended fr om t h e anc i e nt C.V l `" :. 01° On Monday night, at the time the l ' ee— osc bi e was stopping at the Swan Inn at Bedford, !b e ll C o th e marl and guard being in the hOuse, wej : h ag s , a ,, passengers, the coach was robbed o f severs' ra eontaining Rink of England and op t 0 0 Bank Notes to a considerable amount. r -``',.' o o bers are disappointed in a considerable P c)r e .l oiri e their booty, as one of the largest parcels cu Bank of &Eland Notes cut in half. AS q rely in flatiki t e,arth r ar gutr i l th t to the of tce o Mi ttel M t ., et . I 'a, is. cie ciet * ho ° Fera l Cu rne Itib utt laboUr day 0 C Sip CV't